The majority of investors now view climate change as a “material risk”, according to a survey of asset managers and owners whose collective assets exceed $14...
A government adviser has warned banks that abusive practices could hinder Britain’s economic prosperity, saying, “It is time for growth, not greed.” Lawrence Tomlinson, entrepreneur in...
There is “strong causal evidence” that variations in temperatures and climate patterns link to human conflict, according to a new study. The paper, Quantifying the Influence of...
Shell’s profits in the second quarter of 2013 were 21% less than in the same period as last year, because of difficulties in Nigeria and tax...
The Treasury has announced plans to ramp up consumer protection to the next level within the financial sector. The new system, unveiled on Wednesday, is due...
Research by consumer group Which? suggests that the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal has cost the banks twice as much as it cost to stage the London Olympics...
Ross McEwan, who joined the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in 2012, will be the bank’s new CEO from October, after Stephen Hester resigned in June with £1.6m payoff. McEwan,...
The government is set to fund and install hundreds of new electric car charging points across the UK, the Department of Transport has revealed. Plans to...
With just over 10 weeks until National Ethical Investment Week 2013 (October 13-19), we’ll be catching up with a different financial adviser that specialises in ethical investment...
Climate scientists have come forward to dispute claims that methane trapped beneath the Arctic Ocean could suddenly escape, causing extremely costly global damage. In a study...
Divesting from fossil fuels is a compelling win-win for investors and claims of underperformance are wrong, writes Ominder Dhillon of Impax Asset Management. Pressure is building on...
Back in the mists of AD2008 a conference was held at the IMAX in London by the now defunct enterprise Library House. The event had a panel...
Russia has entered the top five of the world’s biggest economies, with its $3.4 trillion GDP leaving fellow European nations behind, according to the World Bank....
Very few people in the UK sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry can claim they’ve ‘been there, done that, got the T-shirt’. Julia Dreblow, founder of...
Former energy secretary Lord Howell has said there is “plenty of room” for shale gas drilling in “uninhabited and desolate” parts of the north-east of England....